H-MEMGAL passing through flooded fields near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

A high priority train loaded with UPS trailers passes under one of the remaining Santa Fe era signal bridges near Marceline, Missouri.

This eastbound manifest has just passed through Marceline, Missouri.

First light on an eastbound stack train at Bucklin, Missouri.

The weather forecast said it would be sunny, but they were wrong. The sun managed to pop out occasionally and luckily lined up with the arrival of this eastbounder at Bucklin, Missouri.

First light of the day on an ES44DC passing under one of the decreasing number of old searchlight signal bridges on the Transcon.

This eastbound stack train is winding through the dense forests near Ethel, Missouri on the BNSF Transcon.

An NS trackage rights oil train is seen here crossing over the Peruque Creek bridge headed west on the Hannibal Sub.

This autorack train is headed east toward St. Louis after just coming out of the Wentzville GM plant.

A UP manifest rolls south at Stringtown Road on the UP Chester Sub near Maeystown, Illinois. In about a month the corn will block this shot.

A pair of BNSF Dash 9s pull a nice looking freight out of Valley Junction on UP rails near Maeystown, Illinois.

This stack train is coming down the hill after just passing through Marceline, Missouri.

This stack train is headed east on the Transcon just west of Wyaconda, Missouri.

This old bridge provides a nice vantage point for watching trains on the Transcon in northern Missouri east of Wyaconda.

HMEMGAL (Memphis to Galesburg) pulls up and stops to drop off a bad car at West Alton. The MEMGAL is always a good sized nice looking train. It's even better when she pulls up and stops right in... (more)